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Perspective of gardens
Jacques RousseauAround 1674
Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
Rousseau reaches a peak of perfection here in the art of trompe-l'oeil. He pierces the wall of the Salon which seems to open up on to an imaginary architecture. One of his models was the Perspectives room by Peruzzi in the Villa Farnesine in Rome.
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- Title: Perspective of gardens
- Creator: Jacques Rousseau
- Creator Lifespan: 1631/1693
- Creator Death Place: London, Great Britain
- Creator Birth Place: Paris, France
- Date Created: Around 1674
- Physical Dimensions: w3000 x h4000 mm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Style: French painting, 17th century
- Provenance: Trompe-l’œil commissioned for the wall of the Venus Salon at Versailles for the collections of Louis XIV.
- Original Title: Perspective de jardins
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